Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland | |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Antiochian Orthodox Church |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint George, London |
| Patriarch | John X of Antioch[1] |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Metropolitan Silouan[2] |
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland is a regional archdiocese encompassing the whole of the British Isles, under theGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.
Before 1995, there was only one Antiochian Orthodox community, in England.[citation needed] On the 17 October 2013, the Holy Synod of the Church of Antioch established the Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland.[3][4]
On 24 June 2015, after a period of deliberation, Archimandrite Silouan Oner was elected by the Holy Synod of the Church of Antioch to serve as the first Metropolitan of the Archdiocese. On 30 August 2015, Oner received his episcopal consecration at the Monastery of St. George, Al-Humraiyah in Syria.[5] Oner was enthroned on 27 February 2016.[4]
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